Gym Tonic
Dedicated seniors’ gyms in active ageing centres and community clubs where they foster bonds and grow strong together
30 sites of which 19 are open to the seniors in the community
Around 2,300 seniors attended at any point in time concurrently
Tackle physical frailty in seniors through a structured strength training programme using "exercise as medicine". This evidence-based, strength training programme is specially designed for seniors and helps restore, maintain or improve physical functions.
Initially deployed in nursing homes and senior care centres, this “exercise as medicine” programme is now available in community gyms too. Seniors follow a customised strength training regime on state-of -the-art software enabled, senior-friendly gym machines. They attend 30-minute sessions twice a week and it takes only three months to witness positive physical transformation, which is meticulously mapped with the help of software.
Gym Tonic enables seniors to set personal goals – be it to walk further, regain muscle strength or lose weight – and then helps them achieve it. It can reverse frailty, a clinical condition associated with poor health outcomes and higher hospitalisation costs. From a 2017 study, a quarter of community seniors improved from pre-frail to robust. This has held consistently in future cohorts under this programme.
March 2024 Update: Public Statement from Lien Foundation
We are compelled to address some of the statements made in a Straits Times article, originally headlined “Gym Tonic founder: I want to help seniors age fearlessly”, featuring an interview with Mr Ken Tan, founder of technology company PulseSync, and published on Sunday 25th February 2024. We would like to use this opportunity to also acknowledge and affirm the coalition of partners who had come together to shape the Gym Tonic concept into its current form. Our thanks to all those who have made this possible. Read the statement here.
Selected Gym Tonic Locations:
Bishan Community Club
Care Corner Senior Activity Centre (Toa Payoh 62B)
GoodLife! Montfort Senior Activity Centre (Marine Terrace)
NTUC Health (Kampung Admiralty)
Our Tampines Hub (Sport SG)
TOUCH Community Services (Ang Mo Kio Ave 10)
Press Releases
A public statement from the Lien Foundation
2024
Gym Tonic, a senior-friendly strength-training programme that reverses frailty, is extended to community-dwelling seniors.
2017
Exercise becomes potent medicine for the frail elderly in 12 eldercare facilities under Lien Foundation’s latest $2.2m Gym Tonic initiative.
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